diff --git a/src/ui/preview-widget.c b/src/ui/preview-widget.c
index 32fbc7051..a6da36d5a 100644
--- a/src/ui/preview-widget.c
+++ b/src/ui/preview-widget.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ meta_preview_class_init (MetaPreviewClass *class)
   GtkWidgetClass *widget_class;
 
   widget_class = (GtkWidgetClass*) class;
-  parent_class = gtk_type_class (GTK_TYPE_BIN);
+  parent_class = g_type_class_peek (GTK_TYPE_BIN);
 
   gobject_class->finalize = meta_preview_finalize;
 
diff --git a/src/ui/themewidget.c b/src/ui/themewidget.c
index 5eab87d6a..7ee9db087 100644
--- a/src/ui/themewidget.c
+++ b/src/ui/themewidget.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ meta_area_class_init (MetaAreaClass *class)
 
   object_class = (GtkObjectClass*) class;
   widget_class = (GtkWidgetClass*) class;
-  parent_class = gtk_type_class (gtk_misc_get_type ());
+  parent_class = g_type_class_peek (gtk_misc_get_type ());
 
   gobject_class->finalize = meta_area_finalize;
 
diff --git a/src/ui/ui.c b/src/ui/ui.c
index 6955112d7..7f2fac593 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui.c
+++ b/src/ui/ui.c
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ meta_ui_window_should_not_cause_focus (Display *xdisplay,
   /* we shouldn't cause focus if we're an override redirect
    * toplevel which is not foreign
    */
-  if (window && gdk_window_get_type (window) == GDK_WINDOW_TEMP)
+  if (window && gdk_window_get_window_type (window) == GDK_WINDOW_TEMP)
     return TRUE;
   else
     return FALSE;